One of the latest Magic: The Gathering sets, Murders at Karlov Manor, has a card that has been analyzed and found to plagiarise art.
The background has also been altered to fit more in line withRavnica, Karlov Manor’s setting. One user had sourced the original art to a book set in the Cyberpunk world, released in 1994.
Originally drawn by Donato Giancola, the artist created an account on Reddit specifically to comment that the art had been stolen.
In a comment, Giancolastates:
“The art is stolen.”
He also accompanied it with animage extrapolatingon this, which reads:
“Hey Fay Dalton, do you mind not stealing my work on highly paid, public commercial commissions in the genre which I make my living and hold my reputation dear?
“This is criminal and theft.”
He also added on hisFacebook page:
“Nearly speechless, but not speechless enough not to contact a lawyer.”
Dexerto has reached out for comment from the artist Fay Dalton, who has said:
“I’m currently in the process of reaching out to the other artist.”
Related:
Wizards of the Coast, developers of D&D and MTG, have had issues with its art in the last few months. Previously, another artist waseffectively sacked byWizards over plagiarism, and an advertising campaign wasaccused of using AI artafter Wizards said it wouldn’t implement it.
Joel Loynds was Dexerto’s Deputy Tech Editor in the UK team. He has been writing about tech & games for over a decade, specializing in PCs, hardware, and handhelds such as the Steam Deck. He also has bylines at Scan, WePC, PCGuide, Eurogamer, Digital Foundry and Metro UK.
